GC_Http::make_absolute_url()

	public static function make_absolute_url( $maybe_relative_path, $url ) {
		if ( empty( $url ) ) {
			return $maybe_relative_path;
		}

		$url_parts = gc_parse_url( $url );
		if ( ! $url_parts ) {
			return $maybe_relative_path;
		}

		$relative_url_parts = gc_parse_url( $maybe_relative_path );
		if ( ! $relative_url_parts ) {
			return $maybe_relative_path;
		}

		// Check for a scheme on the 'relative' URL.
		if ( ! empty( $relative_url_parts['scheme'] ) ) {
			return $maybe_relative_path;
		}

		$absolute_path = $url_parts['scheme'] . '://';

		// Schemeless URLs will make it this far, so we check for a host in the relative URL
		// and convert it to a protocol-URL.
		if ( isset( $relative_url_parts['host'] ) ) {
			$absolute_path .= $relative_url_parts['host'];
			if ( isset( $relative_url_parts['port'] ) ) {
				$absolute_path .= ':' . $relative_url_parts['port'];
			}
		} else {
			$absolute_path .= $url_parts['host'];
			if ( isset( $url_parts['port'] ) ) {
				$absolute_path .= ':' . $url_parts['port'];
			}
		}

		// Start off with the absolute URL path.
		$path = ! empty( $url_parts['path'] ) ? $url_parts['path'] : '/';

		// If it's a root-relative path, then great.
		if ( ! empty( $relative_url_parts['path'] ) && '/' === $relative_url_parts['path'][0] ) {
			$path = $relative_url_parts['path'];

			// Else it's a relative path.
		} elseif ( ! empty( $relative_url_parts['path'] ) ) {
			// Strip off any file components from the absolute path.
			$path = substr( $path, 0, strrpos( $path, '/' ) + 1 );

			// Build the new path.
			$path .= $relative_url_parts['path'];

			// Strip all /path/../ out of the path.
			while ( strpos( $path, '../' ) > 1 ) {
				$path = preg_replace( '![^/]+/../!', '', $path );
			}

			// Strip any final leading ../ from the path.
			$path = preg_replace( '!^/(../)+!', '', $path );
		}

		// Add the query string.
		if ( ! empty( $relative_url_parts['query'] ) ) {
			$path .= '?' . $relative_url_parts['query'];
		}

		return $absolute_path . '/' . ltrim( $path, '/' );
	}